Plastic bagged magazines?
09-14-2017, 06:20 AM
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Plastic bagged magazines?
Went to Joann fab yesterday. Haven't been there in a long time, and haven't purchased a magazine in quite awhile either. My surprise was most of the mags are now sealed in a plastic bag-some with "free premiums"-yeah sure- cost of mag $14.99! Others just bagged...well, I did not buy any....I liked to flip thru to see what's inside before I invest....not sight unseen buyer! I really didn't need a mag either...more ads than anything else. Just was surprised at the new way of marketing, I guess.
09-14-2017, 06:32 AM
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I haven't bought a magazine since that stopped publishing Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. It always had good articles and patterns. Now there is so much on the net, I don't bother. I also do not care for sealed magazines.
09-14-2017, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jokir44
I don't like it either but I understand it better since I saw a woman taking pictures of patterns with her phone.
09-14-2017, 10:01 AM
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Possible reasons for encasing magazines in plastic:
1) So they don't get looking shopworn from people looking through them without buying them (I admit - I am "one of those people" - especially for the gossip magazines near the checkout counters)
2) So none of the inserts get lost
3) To discourage people from flipping through them to see if there really is something of interest in them
4) Maybe there is something "naughty" in them like there is in the skin magazines?
1) So they don't get looking shopworn from people looking through them without buying them (I admit - I am "one of those people" - especially for the gossip magazines near the checkout counters)
2) So none of the inserts get lost
3) To discourage people from flipping through them to see if there really is something of interest in them
4) Maybe there is something "naughty" in them like there is in the skin magazines?
Last edited by bearisgray; 09-14-2017 at 10:04 AM.
09-14-2017, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
Possible reasons for encasing magazines in plastic:
1) So they don't get looking shopworn from people looking through them without buying them (I admit - I am "one of those people" - especially for the gossip magazines near the checkout counters)
2) So none of the inserts get lost
3) To discourage people from flipping through them to see if there really is something of interest in them
4) Maybe there is something "naughty" in them like there is in the skin magazines?
1) So they don't get looking shopworn from people looking through them without buying them (I admit - I am "one of those people" - especially for the gossip magazines near the checkout counters)
2) So none of the inserts get lost
3) To discourage people from flipping through them to see if there really is something of interest in them
4) Maybe there is something "naughty" in them like there is in the skin magazines?
09-14-2017, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jokir44
I don't like it either but I understand it better since I saw a woman taking pictures of patterns with her phone.
09-14-2017, 01:18 PM
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I don't purchase sealed magazines either. I like to go to the preview page or the page in the back where you can order kits to see what's in the magazine without flipping thru it. I understand the practice but don't like it.
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